Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-22
: THE irish editor.
Further Particulars OF the Mobbing
of O'Brien in Kingston How He
Dodged the 0rangemen.
The NatiOnslists Taken Completely
acknowledgement Conduct OF
Police In Not Quelling the Riot.
The Editor Will Spend Sunday on United
States Soil Under the stars
and Stripes
A NARROW ESCAPE.

A NARROW ESCAPE.
KINGSTON, ONT, May Alt was two
hours after the savage attack on Mr.
O'Brien last evening by the mob befor,
his friends knew the whereabouts of the
distinguished editor Battered anC
bruised, he had escaped to the house OF
Peter DevliD, on the corner of Wellington
and William streets. Devlin stole down
to the Chief OF Police Dorsey, and said
"Mr. O'Brien is safe with me-"
"Thank God," exclaimed the crowd
Chief Dorsey, with MayorlCarson and six
policemen, then went TO Devlin's house
and brought back Mr.. O'Brien to the
Burnett house. The latter reached Dev
Inns house in this way. The alleyway
near Nawman's afforded shelter. Nor
ris Hogan changed hats with
Mr.. O'Brien on the neck and Just as bic
| powerful Orangeman with q club was
going to cleaVe open his skull. The
house of an Oraugeman named Donnell
adjoined the alley on the other side and
! Mr.. O'Brien got in there and was finally
struggled backwards to Devlin'S house
while the Orange mob outside was yelling
Cor his blood.
! VIII HAOhCNb IOu nOH W tIG HULL
said Mayor Carson. 81 will call out the
artillery"
/ "You WILL" exclaimed Mr.. O'Brien sar-
castically. 81 don't want your protec.
/ ton now, sir. You saw the mob OF
demons, 500 strong, outside of that hall
thirSting for my blood while | was ad-
dressing q peaCesble meeting, and YOU
didn't dispense them. Where was your
: q IF llgrv thar CYrD
land winked at the efforts to murder me
and you wink at the efforts to
murder me here. am not going to give
you the credit of the pretense of having
protected my life when you could have
dispersed the mob il you wished, but
didn't"
Che Mayor said no more. The police
men acted just the same as those at
Toronto. In the early part Of the even
ing they would not permirany O'Brienites
to wait on the sidewalk outside the nall,
and even said, "move on" to
the American correspondents, but
the moment the Orangemen ap-
peared on the opposite side
Of the street, many with CLUBS and sticks
in their hands, there was no interference
~ LIZ pOAlSEs MY were allowed 10
hiss and grCan until O'Brien came out.
When the latter did come out the police
men, instead OF making q circle around
him, abandoned him to the tender mercies
Of the yelling 0rangemeD, who dashed
upon him. The policemen were the first
TO scatter when the stone throwing COM
menced. The mob remained outside the
hall two hours waiting to kill O'Brien. An
I1RriEnitE t. a =
laid open with a stone. Sergeant N6sbitt's
head was cut. The Nationalist were IN
organized and not prepared for the at
tack, being deceived by the extraordinary
GOODNESS and treachery of the Orange
men. At the Burnett house crowd col
lected around O'Brien, congratulating
him on his escape. He was scarcely able
to stand. His throat was full of dust,
and MS clothes were despatched. He
said "Boys, we will 90 through to the
end yeti"
One incident Will show how
the police acted. When O'Brien stagger-
ed into the alleyway, after being struck
on the neck with stone, q policeman in
the middle of the street said 10 g rioter:
~ saw you do that; 1 saw yOu!" but he
never attempted to arrest him, and he
was allowed to join his friends who
shouted in triumph: "Here's O gol"
hWell done this timeI"
Mr.. O'Brien and party start this morn
ing for Hamilton where meeting will be
held Monday He will spend Sunday ct |
Niagara Falls.
o'BRIFN TO BE BANQUEITED.
New YORK, May PA committee |
repres enting Labor Districts Ga end 80 of |
he Knights of Labor and |
and the Central Labor Union |
net last night TO consider the best means |
ot receiving Mr.. O'Brien on his return to |
his city. 1t was suggested that q parade
Ind mass-meeting, the latter 10 be held in
Union square, would be the best demon
'tratlon and the committees were in
to consult their organizations !
md report back at the next meeting. The
reception committee of St. PatriCk's So
;iety OF Brooklyn telegraphed last night
% Mr.. O'Brien asking him whether ne
would accept public reception il that
;ity.
ON TERRA FIRAIA.
WATERFOWL, N. ~, May 21-When
editor O'Brien with Kiibride aud the wsr
from New York and
chicago, as they are now called, reached
DS Wuall d. hIuSS.Ou ana boarded Inc
Maud to sail up Lake Ontario for Cape
Iincent, 6 crowd, this time friendly one
iowever, gathered. They all warmly
,Tasped O'Brien by the hand. AS the boat
teamed away they sent up 9 rouslng
heer. O'Brien bowed an acknowledge
nent, although hardly able to stand from
he fatigue and injury which ne had SUI
cred. The suspicious looking individual
Tho wears dark green goggles and who
as followed Mr.. O'Brien and party
verywhere they went so far, pretending
D be q representative of Reuters News
gency, has al last been recognized, and !
lrns out to be what he was all along
opposed 10 have been, namely: An kn- !
llsh detective from the Scotland Yard.
his was the first United States territory
1uched during q fortnight, aud as
'Brien stepped from the pier both he l
nd his party cried as they rails, d :
leir hats, "Hurrah for the stars and
.ripes," while the crowd in waiting re- '
pended with cheers. At Watertown,
yenty five miles from Cape Vincent, r.
here stay of an hour snd half was
sd, O'Brien was met by a deputstion of
tlzens and escorted to the Woodruff
ouSe, where an informal reception was
I'D. As they boarded the train for Mia +
ara rails, great crowd gathered on the I
latform, nearly all Americans, who sent